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Video | Heather Jeffcoat, DPT Discusses Navigating Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/resources/videos-about-pelvic-pain/video-heather-jeffcoat-dpt-discusses-navigating-painful-intercourse-with-interstitial-cystitis

23 July 2021 Dr. Nicole Cozean interviews Heather Jeffcoat, DPT about Painful Intercourse with Interstitial Cystitis. Dr. Nicole Cozean is a PelvicSanity and ICA Board Member and author of the book, "The Interstitial Cystitis Solution". Heather Jeffcoat was a...

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• Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
• Category: Videos About Pelvic Pain

What is Interstitial Cystitis and How Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Helps IChttps://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-interstitial-cystitis-and-how-pelvic-health-physical-therapy-helps-ic

14 September 2021 Interstitial Cystitis, Multimodal Treatments, and How Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Helps IC Interstitial cystitis (IC) also known as bladder pain syndrome or painful bladder syndrome, is a debilitating condition that significantly affects the quality...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

What is IC and What Are The Symptoms? | Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-ic-and-what-are-the-symptoms-interstitial-cystitis

08 December 2021 What is IC or Interstitial cystitis? IC is also known as bladder pain syndrome or painful bladder syndrome and is a debilitating condition that significantly affects the quality of life of patients living with it. Many patients with IC have other...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

An Update to Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome Treatment Guidelines https://feminapt.com/blog/an-update-to-interstitial-cystitis-bladder-pain-syndrome-treatment-guidelines

28 November 2022 Health awareness month and we would like to discuss with our readers a significant update to the research regarding Interstitial Cystitis / Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS). In May 2022, the American Urological Association (AUA) released updated clinical...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

Histamines and Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)https://feminapt.com/blog/histamines-and-interstitial-cystitis-painful-bladder-syndrome

22 January 2021 How do Histamines Affect Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome)? Newly published research by Grundy et al. (2019) shows a more direct connection. In this study published in the February 2021 issue of The American Journal of Physiology: Renal...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitishttps://feminapt.com/diagnoses/female-sexual-pain-syndromes/painful-bladder-syndrome-interstitial-cystitis

31 July 2019 Painful Bladder Syndrome / Interstitial Cystitis: This pain or discomfort is perceived to be related to the bladder upon filling or often immediately after emptying. Symptoms include urinary urgency with pressure, burning and aching pain along with...

• Type: Article
• Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
• Category: Female Sexual Dysfunction & Chronic Pain Syndromes

Heather Featured in Interstitial Cystitis Association Magazinehttps://feminapt.com/media-content/heather-featured-interstitial-cystitis-association-magazine

27 January 2017 Heather Jeffcoat, DPT was recently tabbed as a featured expert for the Winter 2016 Interstitial Cystitis Association magazine, in which she talks about Physical Therapy, IC and Intimacy. The ICA Update is an award-winning magazine with in-depth stories...

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• Author: Heather Jeffcoat, DPT
• Category: Media

Chronic Pelvic Pain | Insights on Trigger Point Injections, Myofascial Pain https://feminapt.com/blog/chronic-pelvic-pain-insights-on-trigger-point-injections-myofascial-pain

20 June 2020 Sinaii, Ortiz, & Shah, 2015). In 2003, Butrick et al. found that 85% of their surveyed patients with a diagnosis of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) had myofascial pain and pelvic floor overactivity (AKA hypertonicity), and trigger...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

What is Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy and How Can it Help You?https://feminapt.com/blog/what-is-pelvic-floor-physical-therapy-and-how-can-it-help-you

14 March 2018 keys or washing the dishes Light-heavy bladder leakage Urinary urgency and frequency Delayed or painful voiding Interstitial cystitis (IC) and Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) Overactive bladder Nocturia- night time urination Enuresis (bedwetting) Fecal...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog

How Smoking Affects Bladder Healthhttps://feminapt.com/blog/how-smoking-affects-bladder-health

30 October 2019 found that exposure to tobacco compounds in the womb can lead to reduced sperm count in adult life (Soares, 2008). Interstitial Cystitis Tobacco can aggravate symptoms of Interstitial cystitis (IC) which includes painful bladder, increased urgency and...

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• Author: Staff
• Category: Blog